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COCHINEALS
Definition of COCHINEALS
noun
plural of cochineal
noun
A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).
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Word DNA
COCHINEALS inherits its ancestry from its root, COCHINEAL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,332)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COCHINEAL · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COCHINEALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COCHINEALS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHILNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COCHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COCHINEALS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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